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Japanese Ikebana Arrangement Course

Welcome to California Flower Art Academy
We Help You Make A Difference In Floral Art
If you are interested in learning Japanese traditional cultures, we recommend you to learn Ikebana arrangement which requires not only skills and techniques for arranging flowers but also needs a good manner and traditional spirit of Japanese cultures. California Flower Art Academy offers various courses from Beginner to Instructor level. Since Ikebana uses what is called "Kenzan" (Needlepoint Holder) made of steel for holding flowers and stems of flower materials, it required lots of experiences until a student has completely mastered the floral arrangements. When it comes to decorating flowers for business purpose at hotels, events or weddings whatsoever, IKEBANA is not very practical. Ikebana is  highly recommended for people who purely wish to learn Japanese traditional cultures with profound beauties. If you are looking for opportunities of doing business by making the best use of your skills and techniques in flower arrangements, we recommend you to learn European & American style of flower arrangement which does not use "Kenzan". Instead we use "oasis" made from chemical stuff like hard sponge and it is much more easier even for beginners to arrange flowers. It is fully up to you which one you choose, either Japanese floral design called "Ikebana" or European/ American style of contemporary floral designs which are very popular now.

Here are information about recommendable two courses as follows:
A. Ikebana Arrangement Elementary Course:
Seven lessons (one lesson is about 60-90 minutes): $175 to complete a course.
(The fee includes tuition and flower materials. But the fee for certificate,
testing fee for a certificate and flower materials for such a test  are separate)

B. Ikebana Arrangement Intermediate Course:
Seven lessons (one lesson is about 60-90 minutes): $203 to complete a course.
(The fee includes tuition and flower materials, But the fee for certificate,
testing fee for a certificate and flower materials for such test are separate).

If you are interested in above  programs, just email to info@california-academy.com and visit our website http://www.california-academy.com  We are more than happy to help you make a difference in floral art.

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